The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Comedy · Family · Western
Overview
Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
Cast
- Don Knotts as Dr. Jesse W. Heywood
- Barbara Rhoades as Penelope 'Bad Penny' Cushings
- Jackie Coogan as Matthew Basch
- Ruth McDevitt as Mrs. Olive Heywood
- Frank McGrath as Mr. Remington
- Terry Wilson as Welsh
- Carl Ballantine as Abel Swanson
- Pat Morita as Wong
- Robert Yuro as Arnold the Kid
- Herb Voland as Dr. Friedlander